The Bluesbox Collection

The silver burst face was achieved by first painting the entire guitar silver, then over-spraying with black. Note the colorful stencil around the soundhole. The bracing inside is tranverse - meaning that there is one main brace running at an angle past the sound hole, then a second running perpendicular to the first. My conclusion that this is a Regal is based partially on the fact that I have never seen anything but ladder bracing in Harmony instruments. Here is the back. The instrument appears to be made entirely of solid birch. The slotted head is unfaced and continues the silver-burst theme. The all-brass tuners are original and helped in dating the instrument. A May-Bell label appears through the sound hole. This guitar has an unusually wide neck - almost like a classical guitar and is an exceptional instrument for finger picking.